Never mind if this passes, the mere introduction of this bill, let alone the public information here on slashdot, will open a s***storm onto their servers.
What they tend to get involved in for the apparent publicity sake are perceived infractions of US Const. amend. 1 - classic cases involve, say, the Boy Scouts of America requiring their members to follow a deity of some sort. But we won't go there.
This case for the DMCA seems to be different - attack the DMCA from one one angle, set the precedent, and go in for the kill.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not terribly fond of the ACLU either, but as is demonstrated here, one will observe that this is a case that they need to be a part of.
Well, think of it. This is the kind of data propagated by the likes of M3: Marketing, Management, and Media. (no relation to 3M, makers of fine adhesives and...well, just about anything.) As true as Smallpond's comment on Moore's law was, it doesn't do so well when management and such starts talking about developing the internet at large. QED.
To shout "Imminent death of the net predicted!" is perhaps a little off base, even if the joke is old enough to walk out of the fridge - but when it comes down to it, W'Com and the NY Times did make the bed. On the bright side, however, what they created now results in the technology being available when the requirements come in the future, however distant said future may be.
Hmm... point. Just something in the back of my head, though - while I concur that it won't make a bad story better, I still have images of (say) Mononoke Hime being done on computer. There's just a lot of places that hand worked art is something you want.
On the other hand, I don't think Miyazaki would be caught dead doing (say) Lara Croft. =^_^=
Most stuff these days is done entirely digitally after storyboards are constructed.
Odd. I was under the impression that, while it is slowly picking up steam, studios in Japan are deprecating digital as too costly. Granted, I could be wrong....
Despite that the stigma of personal bankruptcies - 7's, 13's, and mythically, 20's (concurrent 7's and 13's, get it? =^_^= ) has more or less been removed, 11's are still, from my observation, a good way to shoot your company in the foot for the simple reason that it removes whatever faith your stockholders might have had in you.
On the other hand, if they see that the sky is falling by way of the market, well there you go.
People, don't you know that by hanging up on all those MCI telemarketers, you contributed to the ultimate downfall of Worldcom?! How could you! They couldn't make their service any worse than it was because you didn't succumb to telesales!
It's time to upport your local telesales representatives! They're underworked and overpaid! Make them think for their bread and butter!
Forgent can bill me for the content of the Northarc anime image gallery, but here's what's up - I've been running this archive since 1997. Using JPEGs. It will be a cold day in hell before I pay them.
Frankly, it sounds like what they are doing is borderline barratry.
On top of this, of the Linux attacks, which are the more as a result of administrator idiocy? (IE, ridiculously simple passwords)
Now let's also consider holes that, when found, have patches available within a day or so - or sometimes, hours.
If this trend continues, nothing will change.
This statement is brought to you by Circuit City, the (former) purveyors of DIVX, which would allow you the privilege of doing the multimedia equivalent of paying $5000 for a new Honda Accord, and then paying the dealer $100 everytime you took it on the road.
I call it Linux. RMS and everybody else, deal with it, and I'll tell you why: on a daily basis when I use my computer, running Mandrake 8.2, I am constantly running tools that are either directly from FSF or are based on the GPL, which is itself developed by the FSF. I am aware of the source, and my own thought runs on the line that this development is enveloped within the Linux name.
Further, my own opinion is this: Linux can't really run without the GNU tools. RMS will agree here, but this is implied. You install the kernel, be it by commercial versions or downloading tarballs from one of the many sites out there, it's gonna install with - get this - GNU tools.
And how would you propose one enforces this? If the DMCA gets overturned, God willing, congress is back to square one again. If it doesn't, and things hold up, people move their stuff to offshore servers.
Point being, this is the Internet age.
Don't get me wrong, now - I am all for copyright. I even have a few songs I've written, and I'll be damned if somebody plagiarizes me, regardless of whether they are lining my pockets!
Going on a copyright maximum of five years is obscene, also. The current standard is 50 years beyond the life of teh author - let's stick with that.
If anything, the mucky-mucks need to just lighten the fuck up.
Not like Nerds / Geeks can agree on anything , getting us all organized would be hell, everybody would start fighting over minor ass stuff), but if we ever did get organized we would rule the world.
Minor detail - we already do rule the world. People just don'd understand it yet.
They cite the new england blackout. That's nothing.
In August 1996, the Western Intertie - a particular grid of tied wires that supplies the western states with power - apparently overheated, promptly shutting down large parts of eight states.
More information - although with an environmental bias - can be found at this site here.
I don't like brussels sprouts, so I don't eat them. I like tomatoes, so I eat them.
My wife does not like mushrooms, so she doesn't eat them. My wife likes steak, so she eats it.
Neither my wife nor I like Corona Beer, so we don't drink it. We like Sam Adams, so we drink it.
Neither my wife nor I like Microsoft products, so we don't use them at home. We like Linux, so we accordingly use Linux.
So what's my point? If you don't like it, there is nobody holding a gun to your head requiring you to use it. If you want an alternative, you know where to find it.
Slashdot Mirror
Never mind if this passes, the mere introduction of this bill, let alone the public information here on slashdot, will open a s***storm onto their servers.
What they tend to get involved in for the apparent publicity sake are perceived infractions of US Const. amend. 1 - classic cases involve, say, the Boy Scouts of America requiring their members to follow a deity of some sort. But we won't go there.
This case for the DMCA seems to be different - attack the DMCA from one one angle, set the precedent, and go in for the kill.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not terribly fond of the ACLU either, but as is demonstrated here, one will observe that this is a case that they need to be a part of.
-Dennis
Well, think of it. This is the kind of data propagated by the likes of M3: Marketing, Management, and Media. (no relation to 3M, makers of fine adhesives and...well, just about anything.) As true as Smallpond's comment on Moore's law was, it doesn't do so well when management and such starts talking about developing the internet at large. QED.
To shout "Imminent death of the net predicted!" is perhaps a little off base, even if the joke is old enough to walk out of the fridge - but when it comes down to it, W'Com and the NY Times did make the bed. On the bright side, however, what they created now results in the technology being available when the requirements come in the future, however distant said future may be.
You just knew somebody had to say it. =^_^=
-Dennis
-Dennis
I'm sure there's some on my page... Just try, Forge-it, just try.
On the other hand, I don't think Miyazaki would be caught dead doing (say) Lara Croft. =^_^=
Despite that the stigma of personal bankruptcies - 7's, 13's, and mythically, 20's (concurrent 7's and 13's, get it? =^_^= ) has more or less been removed, 11's are still, from my observation, a good way to shoot your company in the foot for the simple reason that it removes whatever faith your stockholders might have had in you.
On the other hand, if they see that the sky is falling by way of the market, well there you go.
-Dennis
It's time to upport your local telesales representatives! They're underworked and overpaid! Make them think for their bread and butter!
OS/2 has been dead and buried since windoze 95 came out, yet IBM still sells it and supplies the fix kits. I wonder if that's legal. :)
Frankly, it sounds like what they are doing is borderline barratry.
On top of this, of the Linux attacks, which are the more as a result of administrator idiocy? (IE, ridiculously simple passwords) Now let's also consider holes that, when found, have patches available within a day or so - or sometimes, hours. If this trend continues, nothing will change.
This statement is brought to you by Circuit City, the (former) purveyors of DIVX, which would allow you the privilege of doing the multimedia equivalent of paying $5000 for a new Honda Accord, and then paying the dealer $100 everytime you took it on the road.
I'm not even bothering. Poor site design. It is interesting though that an FCC economist is doing a writeup on this though.
The Washington Post article says that M$ is calling open source unamerican.
When did they employ the remains of Joe McCarthy for its marketing department?
I call it Linux. RMS and everybody else, deal with it, and I'll tell you why: on a daily basis when I use my computer, running Mandrake 8.2, I am constantly running tools that are either directly from FSF or are based on the GPL, which is itself developed by the FSF. I am aware of the source, and my own thought runs on the line that this development is enveloped within the Linux name.
Further, my own opinion is this: Linux can't really run without the GNU tools. RMS will agree here, but this is implied. You install the kernel, be it by commercial versions or downloading tarballs from one of the many sites out there, it's gonna install with - get this - GNU tools.
But that's just my thoughts. -Dennis Carr
And how would you propose one enforces this? If the DMCA gets overturned, God willing, congress is back to square one again. If it doesn't, and things hold up, people move their stuff to offshore servers.
Point being, this is the Internet age.
Don't get me wrong, now - I am all for copyright. I even have a few songs I've written, and I'll be damned if somebody plagiarizes me, regardless of whether they are lining my pockets!
Going on a copyright maximum of five years is obscene, also. The current standard is 50 years beyond the life of teh author - let's stick with that.
If anything, the mucky-mucks need to just lighten the fuck up.
Oh my God, do we need sleep, or what? =^_^=
Minor detail - we already do rule the world. People just don'd understand it yet.
Admittedly, it's sad to see such a prestigious (!) publication get the back end of a firebomb....
In August 1996, the Western Intertie - a particular grid of tied wires that supplies the western states with power - apparently overheated, promptly shutting down large parts of eight states.
More information - although with an environmental bias - can be found at this site here.
I don't like brussels sprouts, so I don't eat them. I like tomatoes, so I eat them.
My wife does not like mushrooms, so she doesn't eat them. My wife likes steak, so she eats it.
Neither my wife nor I like Corona Beer, so we don't drink it. We like Sam Adams, so we drink it.
Neither my wife nor I like Microsoft products, so we don't use them at home. We like Linux, so we accordingly use Linux.
So what's my point? If you don't like it, there is nobody holding a gun to your head requiring you to use it. If you want an alternative, you know where to find it.
Hmm... earthquake just out side of San Francisco. Is IBM finally going to update OS/2 Warp to version 5?